title: [Early jejunal catheter feeding in heavy gastrointestinal surgery (author's transl)].
abstract: Fifty patients undergoing extensive gastrointestinal surgery were fed through a jejunal catheter introduced during the operation. After surgery, feeding was started 48 hours, except for 10 patients who had pre-operative intestinal obstruction or a suture below the site of liquid food instillation. The decision to feed patients enterally must by taken during surgery, and the method requires a trained nursing team, but it considerably improves the patient's nitrogen balance and, accessorily, his comfort. There does not seem to be any contra-indication. The onset of enteral feeding only depends upon the type of operation performed.
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Alimentation entérale précoce par cathéter jéjunal en chirurgie digestive lourde.